How to Upgrade the PowerShell in Windows

Below is step by step guide to upgrade the PowerShell Shell Version on Windows 7, first we will check current version of PowerShell. As we know there are multiple way to anything in PowerShell.

(Get-Host).Version

$Host.Version

PSVersionTable.PsVersion

Get-Host | Select-Object Version

Now we will upgrade PowerShell version to 5.1 and see the below table to get the right version as per your OS.

Now we will download the Windows Management Framework 5.1 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

After downloading, first we have to change the execution policy to allow the running of remote scripts

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned –Force

Please verify that the execution policy has been configured correctly,

Get-ExecutionPolicy

Now execute the downloaded setup. 

 
Update Upgrading your PowerShell restart your machine and check the version as shown below. 

Upgraded successfully !